diff --git a/lib/db/errors.go b/lib/db/errors.go
index 67c5fa2e9..a1f3aa03b 100644
--- a/lib/db/errors.go
+++ b/lib/db/errors.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package db
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net"
 	"syscall"
 )
 
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ var retryableErrs = []error{
 	syscall.ECONNRESET,
 	syscall.ECONNREFUSED,
 	io.EOF,
+	syscall.ETIMEDOUT,
 }
 
 func isRetryableError(err error) bool {
@@ -23,5 +26,12 @@ func isRetryableError(err error) bool {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if netErr, ok := err.(net.Error); ok {
+		if netErr.Timeout() {
+			slog.Warn("caught a net.Error in isRetryableError", slog.Any("err", err))
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
 	return false
 }